Cartridge pouch

ABSTRACT

A cartridge pouch made of a single piece of leather and a single snap fastener for holding two groups of about three cartridges each.

limited States Patent 1 Theodore Dec. 11, 1973 1 CARTRIDGE POUCH3,127,076 3/1964 Tebbs 224/19 7 t A 1 Inventor: Paris Theodore, NewYork, 1721312 5/1338 1220 531/2 [73] Assignee: Seventrees, Ltd., NewYork, NY. [22] Filed: Jan. 3, 1972 Primary Examiner-Gerald M. ForlenzaAssistant Examiner-Jerold M. Forsberg [21] Appl' 214754 Att0rneyHarveyW. Mortimer et a1.

[52] [1.8. Cl. 224/19 [51] Int. Cl. F42b 39/00 A TRA T [58] Field ofSearch 224/19, 26 E, 26 R, [57] BS C 224/13 23 A cartridge pouch made ofa single piece of leather and a single snap fastener for holding twogroups of [56] References C'ted about three cartridges each.

Werner 224/21 1 Claim, 4 Drawing Figures CARTRIDGE POUCH This inventionrelatesto cartridge pouches, and more particularly, to cartridge pouchesof the type worn on a belt or other harness to provide reserveammunition for a revolver or the like.

Conventional cartridge pouches are typically made of two or more piecesof leather stitched or riveted together to form a pouch, a pouch coverand a belt loop. One problem of conventional cartridge pouches is that,when open, they release six cartridges into the palm of the hand. Thecartridges must then be grasped one or two or three at a time forinsertion into the chambers of a revolver. Thus, time is losttransferring the cartridges from the pouch to the palm of the hand andfrom the palm of the hand to the chambers of the revolver. This loss oftime may jeopardize the safety of the user if he should happen to beunder fire at the time that he is reloading.

It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a cartridge pouchwhich presents the cartridges so that they may be pluckedthree-at-a-time from the cartridge pouch for insertion directly into thechambers of a revolver.

Another problem of conventional cartridge pouches is that they tend toretain moisture, thus causing possible corrosion of cartridges which areallowed to remain in the pouch for an extended period of time.

It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a cartridge pouchwhich does not appreciably retain moisture but allows free circulationof air and thus prevents corrosion of the cartridges.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a cartridge pouch ofgreatly simplified construction.

According to the above and other objects, the present invention providesa cartridge pouch constructed from a single piece ofleather or othersuitable material, and a single snap fastener, the single piece ofleather having an elongated body portion having a pouch end and a coverend and a pair of elongated tab portions extending in oppositedirections from the pouch end. The ends of the tabs are secured to thecenter of the pouch end of the body portion so as to form a pair ofcartridge-holding loops. The body portion wraps around thecartridge-holding loops to retain the cartridges in position and toprovide a belt loop and a cover for the present cartridge pouch. In thepreferred form of the invention, the tabs are secured to the pouch endof the body portion by one of a pair of complementary parts of a snapfastener, and the other complementary part of the snap fastener ismounted on the cover end of the body portion to secure the cartridgepouch in the closed position.

The advantages of the present invention will be apparent from thefollowing detailed description and accompanying drawings which set forthby way of example the principle of the present invention and the bestmode contemplated of carrying out that principle.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a side elevation view of the cartridge pouch of the presentinvention shown in the closed position.

FIG. 2 is a side elevation view of the cartridge pouch of FIG. 1 shownin the open position.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the present cartride pouch takenalong the line 33 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the present cartridge pouch takenalong the line 4-4 of FIG. 1.

Referring now to FIG. 1 of the drawings, there is shown a belt 1carrying a cartridge pouch 2 according to the present invention. Thecover 3 of cartridge pouch 2 is retained in the closed position by asnap fastener 4 which may be of a conventional type such as, for examplethe Dot fastener made by the United Carr Fastener Corp. of New York, NY.It will be appreciated, however, that other types of releasablefastening devices may be employed within the spirit and scope of thepresent invention, such as for example Velcro fasteners made by theVelcro Corp. of New York, NY.

FIG. 2 shows the cartridge pouch 2 of the present invention in the opencondition, snap 4 having been released. The cartridges 6 are held bycartridge-holding loops 7 which are preferably of a size to hold thecartridges 6 somewhat snugly so that the cartridges 6 must be pluckedfrom the cartridge-holding loop 7. Alternatively, the cartridge-holdingloops 7 can be made large, if desired, so that the cartridges 6 willfall from the cartridge-holding loop 7 when the cartridge pouch 2 is inthe open condition as shown in FIG. 2.

For purposes of illustration, the cartridge pouch 2 shown in FIG. 2holds six cartridges and is thus particularly suitable for use inconjunction with popular sixchambered revolvers. Further, the cartridgepouch 2 holds the six cartridges in two groups of three in order tofacilitate reloading the revolver three cartridges at a time. Thismethod of reloading can be accomplished with a little practice and isone of the speediest methods known for reloading revolvers. Using thethumb and first three fingers, the cartridges 6 are simply plucked fromthe cartridge-holding loop 7 and inserted directly into three adjacentempty chambers of the revolver.

While the cartridge-holding loops 7 shown in FIG. 2 are designed to holdthree cartridges each, it will be appreciated that the principles of thepresent invention contemplate cartridge pouches in which thecartridgeholding loops 7 hold a larger or smaller number of cartridgesdepending on the use desired. For example, the cartridge-holding loops 7may be designed to hold two or four or five or six cartridges each.Alternatively, the two cartridge loops 7 may be designed to holddifferent numbers of cartridges. For example, if the cartridge pouch 2of the present invention is to be used in conjunction with a 5-shotrevolver, one of the cartridge loops 7 might hold three cartridges andthe other cartridge loop 7 might hold two cartridges.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show details of the construction of the cartridge pouch 2of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken alongthe line 3-3 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken alongthe line 4-4 of FIG. 1. The cartridge pouch 2 is preferably made of asingle piece of leather, or other suitable sheet material. For example,cartridge pouch 2 may be made of vegetable-tanned top grain cowhide of 7to 9 02. weight. The single piece of leather is in the form of anelongated, somewhat rectangular, body portion 9 having a pair ofelongated tabs extending in opposite directions from one end 10 (thepouch end) of body portion 9 at about right angles to the long axis ofbody portion 9. The ends of the elongated tabs are folded inward andriveted to the center of the inside surface of pouch end 10 by the malepart 4a of snap fastener 4. The female part 4b of snap fastener 4 isriveted to the other end of body 9 which forms the cover portion 3. Itwill be appreciated, however, that the male and female parts of snapfastener 4 may be interchanged.

As shown in FIGS. 1-4, the width of the tab portions forming thecartridge-holding loops 7 is preferably less than about two-thirds ofthe length of the cartridges so as to allow air to circulate freely andthus reduce the likelihood of corrosion.

While the principle of the present invention has been illustrated byreference to a preferred embodiment and certain modifications thereof,it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that othermodifications and adaptations of the present cartridge pouch may be madewithout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as setforth with particularity in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

l. A cartridge pouch adapted to be worn on a belt comprising:

a piece of sheet material having an elongated body portion having afirst end and a second end, and a pair of elongated tabs extending fromsaid first end of said body portion, said piece of sheet material havingan inner surface and an outer surface; and

a snap fastener having first and second complementary parts, said firstcomplementary part being mounted on the outer surface of said first endof said body portion and securing the ends of said tabs to said innersurface of said first end of said body portion so as to form a pair ofcartridge-holding loops, each of said cartridge-holding loops being of asize to snugly hold three cartridges, so that said cartridges may begrasped and plucked three-at-atime from said cartridge holding loops fordirect insertion into the chambers of a revolver, said secondcomplementary part being mounted on the inner surface of said second endof said body portion so that when said body portion is wrapped around abelt, said first and second complementary parts of said snap fastenermay be joined to fasten said inner surface of said second end of saidbody portion to retain said cartridge-holding loops adjacent the belt,said cartridge holding loops pivoting away from the belt but remainingin an upwardtilted position when said snap fastener is released topresent the cartridges for grasping.

1. A cartridge pouch adapted to be worn on a belt comprising: a piece ofsheet material having an elongated body portion having a first end and asecond end, and a pair of elongated tabs extending from said first endof said body portion, said piece of sheet material having an innersurface and an outer surface; and a snap fastener having first andsecond complementary parts, said first complementary part being mountedon the outer surface of said first end of said body portion and securingthe ends of said tabs to said inner surface of said first end of saidbody portion so as to form a pair of cartridge-holding loops, each ofsaid cartridge-holding loops being of a size to snugly hold threecartridges, so that said cartridges may be grasped and pluckedthree-at-a-time from said cartridge holding loops for direct insertioninto the chambers of a revolver, said second complementary part beingmounted on the inner surface of said second end of said body portion sothat when said body portion is wrapped around a belt, said first andsecond complementary parts of said snap fastener may be joined to fastensaid inner surface of said second end of said body portion to retainsaid cartridge-holding loops adjacent the belt, said cartridge holdingloops pivoting away from the belt but remaining in an upward-tiltedposition when said snap fastener is released to present the cartridgesfor grasping.